Display-stand.



' PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

0. T. JACKLEY. DISPLAY STAND. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1906.

-m ML UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. JACKLEY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

' DISPLAY-STAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. J ACKLEY, a citizen' of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Wheeling,county of Ohio, and State ofWestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Stands, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in display-stands,and more particularly to a fruit and vegetable displaystand; and itconsists in the particular construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, which will hereinafter be fully de scribed.

The chief object of the invention is to provide a display-stand forfruits, vegetables,

and the like provided with a water-cooling and spraying system, and,further,'to provide a stand having removable and interchangeable boxesand receptacles for cooling and displaying such articles as are placedtherein.

1n describing the invention in detail reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigurel is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is across-sectionof the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a similar section onthe line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, in which like reference-numerals designatelike parts throughout the several views, the case, having closed ends 1,an inclined open front 2, a vertical face 3 at the base of said front, avertical closed back 4, and a flat top 5, is shown as resting uponsupporting-legs 6. The lower part of the case is adapted for holding,tilted or inclined at a display angle, as shown in Fig. 2, aplurality-of vegetableboxes 7, While the upper part thereof is adaptedfor in like manner holding vegetableboxes, spray-pans, ice-chests, orthe like. An ice-chest, which may be-of any approved construction, isintended to occupy a positionin one of the central upper compartments,as at 8, and a spray-pan 9 occupies the other of said central uppercompartments, while in one end of the case is fitted a removableberry-cooler 10. Said ice-chest is preferably made separate from thecase, so as to be removable, and is shaped to conform to the shape ofthe compartment which it is to occupy. The s ray-pan 9 is likewiseshapedto conform to't e shape of the compartment which it is to-occupy, in thecase and is Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July. 19,1906. Serial No. szagss.

Patented Jan. 8', 1907.

sisting of a pipe 11, having a foraminous.

nozzle 12 thereon. Said berry-cooler 10 consists of a metal box, open infront, provided with shelves 13 for holding berry-baskets and the like.A roof-like top 14, sloping in opposite directions, is provided on saidcooler, as shown.

A pipe 15, connected with a source of water-supply, passes through thecase, said pipe being supportedin a suitable manner, the supports in thepresent instance being the inclined sup orting-strips 16 in the front ofthe case. The inclined sprayer hereinbefore mentioned is attached tosaid pipe 15, as'is also a perforated pipe-sprayer 17, which lies alongthe comb of the top 14 of the ,berrycooler. The erforations in saidsprayer 17 are in the un er side of the latter and eject water inopposite directions over said top 14, from whence it drains down thesides of said cooler and into troughs 18, which lie transversely of thecase at opposite sides of said berry-cooler, and thence drains to atrough 19, which lies in the front part of the bottom of the case and isslightly inclined to a drainpipe 20. A similar trough 21, also slightlyinclined, but preferably in the opposite direction, lies in the frontpart of the middle portion of the case and drains the water from thespray-pan and ice-chest to the side of the berry-cooler, from whence itpasses to said trough 19.

, A plurality of folding hin ed glass doors 22 are provided for closingt e inclined open face 2 of the case, said doors being adapted forswinging back and standing open over the to of the case, as is shown inFig. 1. Each 001' is in reality composed of two doors 23 and 24, hinged.together at 25, and the upper door 24 is hinged to the case at 26. Saiddoors when closed lie upon the supportingstrips 16 and are separated byparting-stri s 27, integral with said supporting-strips. T e.

each of said bars being horizontal and havinga vertical rear lug 30,secured to the back 4 of the case, and an inclined front lug '31,secured to the inner face of the sup ortingstrip 16. oflset 32 isprovide in the green vegetablessuch front end of the sup orting-bar 29,in which the trough 21 is firm v held.

Each of the vegetable-boxes 7 in the lower part of the case has securedon its opposite sides near the rear end a plate 33, having a sockettherein in which is pivotally held the upper end of a supporting-arm 34,the lower end of which is pivotally mounted in.a suitable base member35, secured upon the base or bottom of the case. The box 7 is normallyheld by said supporting-arms 34 in an inclined or display position, asshown in Fig. 2 but when it is desired to remove the contents the frontend of the box is raised and the whole box is allowed to swing forwardon said arms 34 to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, inwhich position the front end of the box is supported on the upper edgeof the vertical face 3 .of the case.

As is apparent, the interior arrangement of the case may be altered-thatis, the boxes, pans, &c., may be rearranged in any other suitablemanner, all of the parts being readily removable-without departing fromthegeneral spirit or scope of the invention.

It is further apparent that various alterations maybe made in theconstruction and arrangement of the various parts without departing fromthe purview of this invention. Hence I do not desire to limit myself tothe recise construction, arrangement, and comination of arts hereinshown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. In a display-stand, a case" having ashort vertical front wall, inclined supporting strips, hinged doorsnormally resting upon said supporting-strips, vegetable-boxes in thebottom of the case, a plate having a socket therein secured on each sideof each of said boxes at a suitable point, a supportingarm having itsupper end pivoted in said plate, a base member on the bottom of thecase, the lower 'end of said supporting-arm being pivoted in said basemember, said boxes being held by said supporting-arms at a display anglewithin the case and ada ted for swinging forward on said arms an forresting upon the upper edge of said vertical front wa l.

2. In a'display-stand, a box-like case having a short vertical frontwall, inclined supporting-strips, hinged doors normallyresting upon saidsup orting-strips, a spray-pan mounted in sair case, a berry-cooler insaid case, said cooler having a roof-like top, a water-supply pipemounted in the case, a foramlnous-nozzle sprayer for the spray-panconnected with said supply-pipe, a perforated-pipe sprayer mounted onthe comb of the roof-like top of the cooler and connected with saidsupply-pipe, troughs for drainin (7 the waste water from said s ray-panand from said berry-cooler, vegetab e-boxes in the lower part of thecase, a plate having a socket therein secured on each side of each ofsaid boxes at a suitable point, a supporting-arm having its upper endpivoted in said plate,a base member on the bottom of the case, the lowerend of said supporting-arm being ivoted in said base member, said boxeseing held by said arms at a display angle within the case and adaptedfor swinging forward on said arms and for resting upon the u )per edgeof said vertical front wal 3. In a display-stand, a box-like case havingan inclined front, doors hinged for folding back over the top of thecase, inclined su porting-strips on which said doors norma Iy rest, avertical wall below said inclined front, horizontal supporting-barsmounted transversely of said case substantially midway between the topand bottom thereof, the front and rear ends of said bars beingrespectively secured to the supporting-strips and to the rear wall ofthe case, each of said bars having a trough-receiving offset therein, aspray-pan mounted on said bars at a suitable point, a berry-coolerwithin the case at one end thereof, a water-supply pipe extendingthrough said case, a sprayer connected with said supply-pipe fordirecting water into said s )raypan, a second sprayer connected wit 1the sup ly-pipe for directing water over the top of t 1e berry-cooler,troughs for receiving and draining the waste water from said spraypanand said cooler, one of said troughs resting in the offsets in thesupporting-bars, vegetable-boxes in the lower part of the case, asocketed plate carried by each side of each box, a supporting-arm havingits upper end pivoted in said plate, a base member on the ottom of saidcase, the lower end of said supporting-arm being pivoted in said basemember, said supporting-arms being adapted for holding each of saidboxes at a display CHARLES T. J ACKLEY.

Witnesses:

H. E. DUNnAr, E. A. LENK'AR, Jr.

